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8.27.2012

Blackfish ▪ Truro, Cape Cod, MA

17 Truro Center RoadTruro, Massachusetts508.349.3399

Hubby has been going to Cape Cod every summer with his family for
years. When we started dating I would join the family on this lovely
tradition and we really hope to continue it with our own family some day. Three summers
ago, he surprised me with a proposal on the beach at sunset. I
accepted, and we decided to have a small wedding on the Cape with
close family and friends the following summer. Needless to say it is a
special place for us.

We were not able to fit in a visit last summer but made time to go this
summer. It was the first time we went by ourselves, packed the car, set
up the camp site, etc. We stayed for 3 days and planned a day and a
night in Boston.

To celebrate our engagement, we had tried to go to Black Fish but it had
been fully booked. This time I called and made a reservation in advance
and we were well rewarded. The restaurant is really tucked into the
brush and has no other sign other than this ironwork black fish.

The service was very attentive. We were brought delicious warm bread
with a garlicky hummus.

We started with the seared scallops with
Parmesan fondue. The sweet scallops were seared perfectly and paired well with the savoury Parmesan fondue sauce. The crispy tuiles added the perfect textural foil to the soft scallops and velvety sauce.

As a main, Hubby ordered the house specialty of tuna bolognese over papardelle with lemon confit mascarpone. The mascarpone was served cold and I thought it was a successful
cold/hot pairing. The bolognese was delicious but I'm not sure if it's
the nest use of tuna (fresh tuna... slow simmered in sauce). Hubby ate
the lemon confit in his first few bites and thought the flavour was a
bit strong and would have belonged better with a dessert.

I ordered the butter poached lobster over gnocchi with morels and fava beans in a lobster beurre monté. The dish came topped with pea greens tips that wilted perfectly in the
beurre monté (sauce composed of hot butter). The lobster was perfectly
cooked and plentiful, I was sure to have at least a full lobster. The
gnocchi was soft and pillowy and all the elements came together well. There
was a rather strong garlic presence but I would just say to at least add
it in the description so it's expected... and also more gnocchi
please! The portion really was perfect given the decadent nature of the dish.

We chose to share a dessert being pretty full and chose the chocolate tartlet in a pretzel crust with hazelnut custard and candied hazelnut. This dessert hit every checkmark I'd give a perfect dessert. A dark
chocolate ganache. Check. A salty crunchy component. Check. Toasted
hazelnut. Check. It was an A+++.

1 comment:

That food looks so good, especially the scallops. That is one of the main things I love about Cape Cod, the food! I'm already looking at Cape Cod vacation rentals for next summer, and your post has me even more excited. Thank you for sharing this with us!